Supporting device for overhead tracks.



A. H. NELLER & W. LOUDEN.

= SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR OVERHEAD TRACKS.

APPLICATION FILED AU( .5, 1908.

" Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

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ALBERT H. NELLER AND-WILLIAM LOUD EN, F FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

SUPPORTING nnvrcn Eon OVERHEAD TRACKS...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, limit.

' Application filed August 5, 1903. Serial no. 447,075.

county of J efierson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and. useful Improvement in Supportin which the Iollowing is a specification.

()ur invention relates to supporting devices designed to hold a post or its equivalent in proper position to support one end ofan overhead track-wire, and it consists of improved means whereby the post may be securely held and readily adjusted to the proper position, and insuch other features as are set forth in the specification and specifically pointed out in'the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a side perspective of a post with track-wire and anchor embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of one of the details which Wlll be'hereafter explained.

[Referring to the drawings, P represents a post set in the ground and supporting one end of an overhead track-wire A upon which a carrier C (shown broken away) is adapted to run. The track-wire is secured to the post by means of a tension bolt B having a long threaded end with a butthereon.

Lis alog or timber constituting an anchor block planted in the groundG on the opposite side of tlie post from "the track-Wire but in line with it and having awlon-g.

threadedbolt D passed "upthrough itand through the ground. The head of the boltis placed below the block and a washer W is preferably placed between it and the block. On the upper threaded end of the bolt above the. round a yoke Y is placed so as to be readiy adjusted up or down by means of the bur E. This yoke, as shown enlarged in Fig. 2, is fitted with a hook H on each end, a cylindrical tubular portion F in the center to receive the bolt D, interior webs O, and upper and lower ribs R connecting the hooks and the tubular port-ion together. M is an anchor wire preferably having hooks on each end with clanipsN applied thereto so as to close the hoolts and preventthem from spreading under a strain. A V-shaped wire I having small loops on its lower ends is hung in the lower hook of the wire M, and the loops on its lower ends'are placed in the hooks H of the yokeY.

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A wire J bent in the form of a loop, also having small loops on. its lower ends, is placed over the top of the post I, so as to be above the tension bolt ii on the side next the track-wire and below it on the other side, and the loops are placed in the hook on the upper end of the wire M. A notch may be cut around the top of the post so the wire of the loop may be laid in itto pre vent it-from slipping down, or preferably a pin Kanay be placed in the post immes diately above or below the tensioirbolt. B and crosswise to it, so that it will hold the loopfrom slipping. It is preferable to set the post leaning a little away from the track A, so as to equalize the angles between thetrack-wire and the anchorwire M. and the post, or it may beset perpendicw larly as shown in the drawing. The car rier C in running upon the track-wire-A is liable to stretch. or strain it or its connec-' tions. Also, hot and cold weather will expand and contract the wire and will thus loosen or tighten it. The object of our in vention is to compensate for this loosening or tightening of the track-wire, so that itmay at all tlmes be easily adjusted to the proper tension andnot be permitted to sag too much nor to be drawn sotightly as to injure the wire or its connections. By means of our invention the adjustment of the tension of the track-wire will be readily effected through the yoke Y in such a position that the bur E thereon may at all times be readily adjusted-to tighten or loosen the anchorby the long threaded end of theboltD passed wire M and thus to draw the top of the post out 01' to let in and to regulate the tension of the track-wire tov suit requirements. At the same time the tension of-the track-wire may be varied to. a certain extent by the tension bolt B. Also, the general construction of our supporting device is such that it is easily and quickly put together or taken apart or :install'ed'in position and withal it is extremely simple and durable in construction.

i 40 the hooks of the yoke.

I 50 an anchor-Wire, a separate loop shaped Wire 1. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post set in the ground,- a suspended track-Wire supported at one end by a suitable connection vpassed through the upper 5 end of the post, an anchor-block planted in the ground beyond the end of the track-Wire and in line therewith, a threaded anchorbolt passed'up through the anchor-block so the threaded end Will be above the ground, an anchor-wire connected to the upper end of the post so it will be above the line of the track-Wire on the inner side of the post and below it on-t-he outer side, andnieans to adjustably connect the anchor-wire to the anchor-bolt.

2. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post, a track-Wire, a threaded ten.- sion bolt passed through the post and connected to the track-Wire, an anchor-Wire on the opposite side connected to the upper end of the post, an anchor block planted in the ground, athreaded anchor bolt passed up througlnthe anchor block so the threaded end will be above the ground, a yoke adjustably secured to the anchor-bolt and a V-shaped Wire centrally connected to the anchor-Wire and having loops on its ends catching under the ends of the yoke.

3. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post, a track-Wire supported at one end by the post, an anchor \vire connected to the top of the post, an anchor-block planted in the ground, a threaded bolt passed up through the block so the threaded end Will be above'the ground, a yoke adjustably secured to the bolt, and having hooks on each end, and a V-shaped Wire connected at its center to the anchor-Wire, and having loops on its ends connected to l. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post set in the ground, a suspended track-Wire supported at one end by asuitable connection passed through the upper and ot' the post, an anchor-block planted in the ground beyond the end of the track-Wire and in line therewith, a threaded anchor bolt passed up through the anchor-block so the threaded end will. be above the ground,

surrounding the upper end of the post so as to be above the line of the track-Wire on the inner side of the post, and below it on the outer side, and having smaller loops on its ends connected to the upper end of the ancl'1o1'--\-vir e, and means to adjustably connect the low r end of the anchor-wire to the upper end ot the anchor-bolt. In supportingdevices for overhead tracks, a post, a track-wire supported at one end by the post, an anchor block planted in the ground, a threaded anchor bolt passed up through the block so the threaded end will be above the ground, an anchor \vlrc y i 60 having a hook on each of its ends, clamps to t earners close said hooks and prevent them from spreading, a loop shaped Wire surrounding the top of the post and having loops on its ends connected to the hook on the upper end of the anchor-Wire and in ans to adjnstahly connect the anchor bolt to the hook on the lO WQI end of the anchor-Wire.

6. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post, a trackwvire supported at one end by the post, an anchor block planted in the ground, a threaded anchor bolt; passed up through the block so the threaded end will beabove the ground. an anchor \vire having a hook on each of its ends. clamps to close said hooks and prevent them from spreading, a loop shaped Wire surrounding the top of the post and having loops on its ends connected to the hook on the upper end of the anchor-Wire, a yoke :uljustahlv mounted on the threaded end of the bolt and a V-shaped \vire connected to the hook on the lower end of the anchor-\virc and its ends connected to the ends of the yoke.

7. In supporting devices for overhead tracks, a post, a track-\vire supported at one end by ll e post, an anchor block planted on the ground, a threaded anchor boll passed up through the block so the threaded end will be above the ground, an an hor Wire having a hook on each of its ends.

clamps to close said hooks hnd prcvcn! llnan :lron spreading. a loop shaped/wire surrounding the top of the post and having loops on its ends conneclt'al to the hook on the upper end of the anchorwvirc. a yoke having books on its ends and adjuslably mounted on the anchor bolt and a Vshapcd wvire connected near its center to the hook on the lower end of the anchoravirc and having loops on its ends connected to llahooks of the yoke.

8. In a device of the character dcsrribwl. an anchor-Wire, a threaded anchor boll. a yoke mounted on the anchor bolt and having books on its ends, a bur on the bolt above the yoke, and a V-shaped \vire ccntrally connected to the anchor-wire. and having loops on its ends adapted to connect to the books of the yoke.

9. in a device of the character described. an anchor-Wire, a threaded anchor boll. a yoke having a cyliinlrical opening in the center for the admission ol the bolt, a bur on'thebolt above the yoke. broadened webs and upper and lower ribs joining the cylindrical center and the hooks together. and a V-shapcd \vire centrally connected to the illlfillOli-li'll tr and having loops on its end adapted to connect to the books of the yoke.

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